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Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

UNITED STATES ATnNT Prien.-

CHARLES K. PICKLES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, YASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,806, dated March 18, 1890.

Application iiled December-3, 1888. Serial No. 292,546. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. PICKLES, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a front elevation of my improved paper-cutter. Fig. II is an end View.

My invention relates to an improved device for holding and cutting wrapping-paper and the like; yand my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a roll of paper, 2 a cradle in which the roll is placed, and 3 a base to which the cradle is secured. The cradle is so shaped that the roll of paper bears against its inner sides or faces, as shown in Fig. II, and one or both of its upper edges are turned outward, as shown at et, to form cuttingdolades for severing the paper. The inc-lines of the inner faces are variated, so that the roil will have continuous bearing thereon and a uniform friction or tension, and so that the same amount of force is required to withdraw the paper from the roll, whatever the size of the roll may loe-as, for instance, as shown in full lines in Eig II, the roll of paper has contact with the sides of the cradle at 5. As the roll decreases and becomes of the size shown by dotted line 6, Fig. II, the point of bearing between the roll Vand the sides of the cradle shifts to S. Then as the roll decreases to the size indicated by the dotted line 7 the point of bearing between the cradle and roll is at l0. Then, again, when it decreases to the size indicated by the dotted 4o line 9, the point of bearing between the roll and the sides of the cradle is at 1l, and so on until the paper is all removed.

A cradle thus having variated inclines on its inner faces gives to the rollauniform tension, regardless of the size of the roll.l

The paper maybe drawn ont from either side of the cradle, or but one cutting-edge 4 Inay be made. If preferred, also, the cutting edge or edges may be slotted, as shown at 12, 5o through which the paper may be threaded and then cut in an upwardly direction.

A paper-cutter thus formed is cheap and durable and requires absolutely no experience to operate it,

I claim as my inventionl. The rollcradle having variated inclined inner faces extending in opposite directions and formed with an outturned upper edge 4, providing a cutting-blade for severing the 6o paper, substantially as described.

2. The roll-cradle having variated inclined inner faces extending in opposite directions and formed with an outturned upper edge 4, having a slotted cutting-edge, substantiallyV 65 as described.

CHARLES K. PICKLES. In presence of- BENJN. A. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT. 

